Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-19
TRAINS LIFTED BY WIND.
TERRIBLE STORMS PREVAIL
ING IN THE NORTH.

LINN fhB SO4'S Il SDs lcs--A IlRHb WluU
storm set in over the entire eastern por-
tion OF Colorado at 10 O'clock Wednesday
night. Its velocity steadily increased
until O'Clock yesterday morning, when
the gale was blowing at the rate of sixty
miles an hour. This continued until
o'clock yesterday afternoon. In this city
many buildings were unroofed, smoke
stacks, chimneys and telegraph and tele-
phone poles leveled with the ground,
and plate glass windows broken. The
damage will reach several thousand dol
lars. Outside of Denver the casualties
reported are considerably greater than in
the city.
ATRAIN BLOWN FROM THE TRACK.
On the Denver and Rio Grande rail-
way, four miles north of Colorado Springs,
every coach OF the north-bQIInd Salt Lake
express, consisting of two sleeping cars,
two passenger coaches and baggage and
mail car. was blown from the track at 3
O'Clock yesterday morning, and the mail
car and its contents were burned. Had
the accident happened when the train
was on a high embankment, a short dis
tance further, the loss OF life would have
been great. Fortunately, however, the
ground was perfectly level aud no one
was injured. A freight train of twenty
cars, which was on the side track near
by, waiting for the express to pass, was
also derailed by the wind, and the cars
were badly damaged.
ANOTHER TRAIN LIFTED UP.
A passenger tram of three coaches,
which lett the Union depot on the Dem
yer and South Park road for Morrison at
s O'Clock, was lifted from the track by
terrific blast and buried down an en-
bankment when about twelve miles from
the CITY. One passenger had his leg
broken and several others were badly
bruised.
Near Como, on the same road, the
Leadville express was blown over a
bridge and nearly all the passengers aud
trainmen were severely injured, and the
coaches were badly wrecked. All incom-
ing trains on the various roads were from
live TO ten hours late on account Of the
storm.
CYCLONE AT FORT GAINES.
FORT GAINES, GA, Feb. 1S.--It is
learned from IA reliable source that a oy-
clone passed through the northern pOr-
tion Of this county this morning about o
O'Clock, doing considerable damage to
fences and buildings, and several out
houses and fencing on the Holloway
place. 1t did considerable damage at
Mr.. Hobbs place, where it blew down
house, seriously Injuring an old white
lady and a small white boy, cutting quite
cash in his head. IL passed In the
track Of two others, from southwest TO
northeast.
AT GREENvILLE, GA.
COLUMBUS, GA, Feb. 1S.-A heavy
storm near Greenville, Ca, last night
blew down trees, fences and was other
wise very destructive.
LOSS OF LIFE AT ROCHESTER,.
ROCHESTER,. N. Y, Feb, 1S.-A high
wind today blew down two large poles
which supported number of telegraph
wires across the Genesee river. The poles
were placed In iron trusses on opposite
ends OF the Court street bridge in such
manner that each pole carried down with
it the bridge span upon which 1t stood.
One man and d young woman. and pOssi-
bly, other people, were carried down with
the bridge wreck and washed away and
lost. The river is flooded, and the two
people seen in the water were only visi.
Ole for moment after the accident.
Annie Graham. aged 10, was one OF the
victims. Three employees of W. 5. KIM
ball 81 Co. are miss1ng. and fears are en-
Lertalned that they we're swept down the
river. The exact number OF lives lost
cannot be ascertaiDed as yet.
THUNDER AND LlGHINING.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL, Feb. 18.-A storm
remarkable for this section ragged here
last night, lasting three hours. The cleo
trical disturbance was great, the light
ming being terrific. 1t rained very heavily
about two hours. A very heavy nail is
reported from the Northern part of the
country. The storm was felt all over
Central Illinois. 1t has rained almost in
cessantly for week and streams are all
high.
A SPECIMEN OF DAKOTA LIFE.
FORT PIERRE, ID. r., Feb. 1S.-Another
blizzard is raging anIs trains are all
abandoned. Snow is drifting badly. The
county board Is being appealed to for aid
by families heretofore considered above
want. 1t is horrible winter for Dakota
settlers, and the suffering cannot be real.
lied.
sLEET AT ST. PAUL.
ST.. PAUL, MINI, Feb. 1S.-One Of the
worst storms of this winter ragged last
night, and is not over yet. 1t was pre-
ceded by tall OF ram and sleet, which
ran along the tracks Of the street cars
and later on frOze, making 1t difficult
to clear them 80 that cars could
run. Early last night it began
showing hard, and at $3.50 O'Clock
this morning showed the first signs OF
letting up. FOur 10 SIX 1DcneS nave lnIlen,
and brisk wind is causing bad drifts.
Trains in all directions are delayed. Even
short line trains between this city aud
Minneapolis require two engines TO pull
three cars through. The mercury is IS
degs. above zero.
THE WORST OF THE WINTER.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-rhe worst storm OF
the winter has prevailed throughout the
Northwest to-day. The telegraph service
west OF Omaha and st. Paul has been
completely cut off at Minneapolis and
st. Paul. Nearly all trains on lines
north, west and south OF Minneapolis
have been abandoned. The Northern Pa
cific, Manitoba and Hastings and Dakota
lines are entirely blocked. Trains from
the east managed to pull IN several hours
late this morning.
AT Des Moines severe snow and wind
storm has been raging oil day.
A wind storm, amounting almost TO a
tornado, passed near jacksonville, Ills,
/ asst night.
LANsING'S GORGE BROKEN.
LANSING, MICH, Feb. lS.-At noon
to-day the Ice gorge in Grand river broke
No and huge cakes of ice are moving out.
This flow may gorge again farther down
tho river, but under any circumstances
IL makes the situation at Lyons extreme
ly critical.
RISING AT LYONS.
LYONS, MICH, Feb. 1S.-Heavy rain
has been falling tor twenty-iour hours
and the water Is again rising rapidly,